Increase event description limit

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site-wide only

  • max number of characters in an event description – increase from 1000 to ?? maybe 3000?

I have users who want to put a significant amount of text into the event description. This would be useful if it is desirable that the description be carried into google calendar, for instance, so just putting the text into the topic wouldn’t satisfy that use case.

Based on FEATURE: Add event location/description and "My Events" filter (#746) · discourse/discourse-calendar@bdf8869 · GitHub it looks like this is limited in the database to 1000 characters – is there a reason TEXT isn’t being used instead of STRING(1000)? (more of a database question – I am not familiar with any limitations use of ruby requires)

Can this be made bigger, or unlimited?

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You mean the description in the pop up dialog box when you create an event? Do your users see that somewhere? So putting the description in the topic where you are creating the event won’t work for your use case?

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I’m talking about the text box under Description when you create the event

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This shows up in the event as such

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We are a running club and use the desciption for turn by turn directions, and if the route gets long there is concern there isn’t enough room.

The additional text is in the topic, but if the user saves to their calendar it isn’t visible on their calendar entry (at least for google calendar), but the description is.

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ok, I get it

That is why I asked, so they would prefer it all fit on their calendar and not have to look at the topic.

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For me, the ideal would be to put it in the event preview

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For me, this has two advantages

  • it avoids having to click on the event to see the description, allowing people to see if the event in question is interesting or not
  • same case for adding to the personal calendar. Seeing the description beforehand helps me decide whether or not to add it to my calendar, avoiding too many manipulations

Be careful, this is just an idea. It’s sometimes easier said than coded :sweat_smile: